A health worker from Likhaan, a local NGO, shows contraceptive pills to women during a family planning lecture at a reproductive health clinic in Tondo, metro Manila. (Reuters File Photo)MANILA: The Philippines has intensified its family-planning programmes amid concern that the coronavirus outbreak could result in a population boom. Family-planning programmes in the Philippines target communities vulnerable to further deterioration due to unplanned pregnancies. “Today, it is more cumbersome to set an appointment with a doctor and go to a clinic,” said Perez. “But even in this pandemic, health services like family planning should continue because life goes on.”

Source: Bangkok Post June 06, 2020 08:26 UTC